Apple's Sept. 10 media event

Y’all ready for this? Apple has invited press to a media event next week, on September 10, at Apple headquarters’s Town Hall in Cupertino, CA. The shindig kicks off at 10 a.m. Pacific time/1 p.m. Eastern.

The invitation shows off bubbles of varying colors, reminiscent in part of some of Apple’s iOS 7 redesign, as well as the rumor that Apple is expected to announce iPhones in a variety of colors. The tag line reads “This should brighten everyone’s day,” which could be an additional reference to the colors, as well as rumors of Apple’s plans to announce lower cost iPhones.

Apple will likely use the same event to announce the final release date of its forthcoming iOS 7 update, and may also take the opportunity to refresh some of its other devices, including the iPod touch. The company is not, however, expected to update the iPad this time around, or announce a final ship date for OS X Mavericks.

Macworld will, of course, be on hand to provide live coverage of the event as it happens, as well as followup news and analysis.

Updated at 9:25 a.m. ET with more information about the invitation.

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Dan has been writing about all things Apple since 2006, when he first started contributing to the MacUser blog. Since then he's covered most of the company's major product releases and reviewed every major revision of iOS. In his "copious" free time, he's usually grinding away on a novel or two.